Floor-waxer.



G. W. VAN ALSTYNE. FLOOR WAXER.

APPLICATION F ILED SEPT. 5. i916- Patented June 5, 1917.

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GEORGE W. VAN ALSTYN'E, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FLOOR-WAXER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 191' Application filed September 5, 1916. .Serial No. 118,435.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen W. VAN ALsTYNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Floor-Waxer, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a floor waxing device which will be small, simple as to construction, easy to operate and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of this invention is to provide a floor waxer in which the body part thereof comprises sections hinged to one another and adapted to clamp and hold a floor waxing element in such position that a floor may be waxed in an effective and eX- pcditious manner.

Another object of the invention is to pro-' vide novel means for connecting the handle with the body of the waxer, said means permitting adjustment of the handle to various angular relations relative to the waxer.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention Figure 1 is a top plan view of the waxer, the waxing element being removed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. at is a fragmentary detail vertical section of the handle-attaching means.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through the sections of the body portion showing the floor waxing element clamped between the sections and held in position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body portion of the waxer which comprises hingecl inner and outer sections 2 and 3. These sections are substantially flat and rectangular. A hinge 4c connects the sections with one another at one end of each section. Mounted at suitable points upon the outer sections 2 and 3 are buffer projections 5 of suitable yielding material such, for instance, as rubber. These projections 5 prevent the waxer from scratching and injuring furniture during the operation of waxing the floor.

A locking plate 6 secured by suitable fastening means 7 to one end of the section 2 cooperates with a projection 8 carried on the adjacent end of the section 3, to hold the sections 2 and 3 in rigid clamping engage mentwith one another. There is provided a curved upward extension 9 at the free end of the plate 6 to enable the operator to more readily fasten and unfasten the locking plate. There is also provided a projection 10 on the upper side of the section 3 adjacent to the free end thereof for the purpose of easily moving the sections apart or together.

The sections 2 and 3 are adapted to clamp therebetween a porous cloth container or bag 11 and the wax to be applied is placed within this bag or container. To provide for the secure holding of the bag 11 the op posed faces of the sections 2 and 3 are recessed as at 12 and when the sections are held together there is provided a relatively large opening formed by the recesses 12. A plate 13 carrying spaced serrated tongues 14 is secured by suitable fastening elements 15 upon the outer longitudinal edge of the section 2 and extends into the opening formed by the recesses 12, the upper edges of the tongues 14 being bent at an angleto the plate and tongues so that they extend upwardly and toward the section 3.

Upstanding spaced handle attaching ears 16 and 17 having lateral attaching flanges 18 resting upon the section 2 are secured to said section by screws 19 which are passed through openings in said flanges and are turned into the section 2. The opposed faces of the ears 16 and 17 are provided with indentations 20 and said ears are provided centrally with inwardly extending bearings 21. A handle socket 22, in which is mounted a handle 23 is provided at its outer end with resilient spaced opposed extensions or tongues 24 which are mounted uponthe bearings 21.

The tongues 24 are provided with alined openings 25 formed by striking the material inwardly and said openings provide bearings 26 which receive the bearings 21. The outer faces of the tongues engage the opposed faces of the ears and this provides for a rigid connection between the socket and ears but permits relative movement of the socket so as to hold the handle in various angular positions. Projections 27 are carried upon the outer faces of the tongues and are adapted to engage in the indentations 20 formed in the ears. The ears are formed of spring metal and give when special pressure is brought upon the handle so that the projections may be moved from one of said indentations to another.

To attach the waxing element the sections 2 and 3 are swung apart on thehinge 4 and the container 11 for the wax is placed between the sections and moved. into the desired position. The sections are then brought together and the serrated tongues 14 engage and hold the container the latter being preferably formed of porous material such as cheese cloth. The projection 8 which cooperates with the locking plate 6 is rounded and the sections 2 and 3 may be locked in operative position at the time they are brought together, the projection 8 engaging the inner face of the plate 6 and snapping into the opening therein, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Vith the container 11 in position as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings it is free to be pulled upwardly so as to take up slack as the wax is used, but owing to the angular serrated tongues 14: it will not slip downwardly. Thus it will be seen that it is possible to take up slack without swinging the sections 2 and 3 apart. The handle 23 may be moved into various angular positions and will be held in the desired position by the engagenlent of the projections 27 in certain opposed indentations 20.

The container 11 is held so that the por= tion thereof in which the wax is held is disposed underneath the body portion of the device, and it will be seen that upon the pushing or backward or forward motion of the device upon the floor the wax will be exuded from the porous container and applied to thefioor as desired.

I claim:

1. A floor waxer comprising a body portion having hinged sections a handle attached to one section, a porous container adapted to be held between the sec tions and to lie under either of the sections dependent upon the direction of movement of the waxer when in use, and means to hold the sections together.

2. A floor waxer comprising a body portion consisting of fiat sections hinged'to one another at one end and adapted to clamp a waxing element therebetween, a porous wax container for the pliable wax therein located between and adapted to be held by the sections when the latter are fastened together, a handle connected to one section, means between the sections to prevent the container from being pulled downwardly and permitting the container to be pulled upwardly, and means to fasten the sections together.

3. A floor waxer comprising a body portion consisting of hinged sections adapted to clamp a waxing element therebetween, a porous wax container having pliable wax therein held between the sections and being freely movable so as to lie under either of the sections, means to releasingly loclr the sections together, and means to prevent the container from being pulled downwardly from between the sections and permitting the container to be pulled upwardly when the sections are held together.

4:. A floor waxer comprising similar sections hinged to one another and adapted to clamp a waxing element therebetween, a porous wax container having pliable wax therein located between and adapted to be held by the sections when the latter are fastened together, means to fasten the sections together, and means between the sections to prevent the container from being pulled downwardly and permitting. the container to be pulled upwardly including upwardly extending teeth adapted to extend into the flexible porous container.

5. A floor waxer comprising a body portion consisting of sections hinged to one another and lying in the same plane, a porous wax container adapted to be held between the sections and to lie under either of the sections dependent upon the direction of movement of the waxer when in use, and means to releasingly hold the sections together to hold the container in place.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 28th day of August, 1916.

GEORGE W. VAN ALSTYNE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. CHUNN, L. BELLE l/VEAVER.

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' Washington, D. G. 

